Cacique Manaure
# Cacique Manaure

Cacique Manaure Municipality is one of the 25 municipalities that make up the Falcón State of Venezuela. Its seat of government is located in Yaracal. The municipality has an area of 190 square kilometers, and a population of 11,299 as of the year 2019. It has only one parish.

The municipality owes its name to Cacique Manaure, the chief of the Caquetio people who inhabited the area at the time of colonization of the Americas. He was later baptized in 1527.

Cacique Manaure Municipality was part of the Acosta District until 1993.

## Geography

The municipality is located in the eastern part of Falcón, in a flat region formed by the depression of the Tocuyo River. It shares a border with San Francisco in the north, Acosta in the east, Monseñor Iturriza in the south, and Jacura in the west. It has an average elevation of 44 meters above the sea level.

## Politic and government

### Mayors

| Period | Mayor | Political Party / Alliance | Percent of votes | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1989 - 1992 | Castor Oriol López Delmoral | COPEI | 64.50 | First mayor under direct elections |
| 1992 - 1995 | Castor Oriol López Delmoral | COPEI | 65.86 | Reelected |
| 1995 - 2000 | Ali Hernandez | COPEI | N/A | Second mayor under direct elections |
| 2000 - 2004 | Ángel Henríquez | AD | 30.56 | Third mayor under direct elections |
| 2004 - 2008 | Ángel Henríquez | AD | 53.16 | Reelected |
| 2008 - 2013 | Dimaris de Henríquez | AD | 39.77 | Fourth mayor under direct elections |
| 2013 - 2017 | Francisco Barletta | PSUV | 45.77 | Fifth mayor under direct elections |
| 2017 - 2021 | luis Ulacio | PSUV | 77.97 | Sixth mayor under direct elections |
| 2021 - 2025 | Ángel Henríquez | MUD | 68.61 | Seventh mayor under direct elections |

### City Council

Period of 1989 - 1992

| Councilors: | Political parties / Alliance |
| - | - |
| Dilme Rodríguez | COPEI |
| Juan Caraballo | COPEI |
| Dorcas de Meléndez | COPEI |
| Antonio Salas | AD |
| Nelly Cordero de Henriquez | AD |

Period of 1992 - 1995

| Councilors: | Political parties / Alliance |
| - | - |
| Juan Caraballo | COPEI |
| Nelly Cordero de Henriquez | COPEI |
| Argenis Arteaga | COPEI |
| Julio Chirinos | AD |
| Rafael Sánchez | MAS |

Period of 1995 - 2000

| Councilors: | Political parties / Alliance |
| - | - |
| Juan Caraballo | COPEI |
| Orson Alian Uscategui | COPEI |
| Argenis Arteaga | COPEI |
| Saul Alberto Pereira | AD |
| Nelly Mujica | CONVERGENCIA |

Period of 2013 - 2018

| Councilors | Political parties / Alliance |
| - | - |
| César Peña | PSUV |
| José Vargas | PSUV |
| Carlos García | PSUV |
| Gustavo Ladino | PSUV |
| José Molina | MAS |

Period of 2018 - 2021

| Councilors | Political parties / Alliance |
| - | - |
| Emily López | PSUV |
| Gustavo Ladino | PSUV |
| José Vargas | PSUV |
| Andres Fonceca | PSUV |
| Yorki Aguilar | PSUV |

Period of 2021 - 2025

| Councilors | Political parties / Alliance |
| - | - |
| Juan Escubina | MUD |
| Tatiana Reyes | MUD |
| Nancy Velazquez | MUD |
| Alonso Rodríguez | MUD |
| Norquis Ladino | PSUV |
